Only days out from the biggest weekend of the Australian Ice Hockey League season, you could excuse teams like the Newcastle North Stars from preparing a little differently for their semi-final against the Ice Dogs on Saturday.

Despite the fact they won’t be featuring in the Australian Ice Hockey League playoffs, the Sydney Bears still have plenty to play for in their last game of the season against cross-town rivals the Sydney Ice Dogs on Sunday afternoon.

Richmond’s Tyrone Vickery is one player contributing to the emergence of a modern day football trend. At 200cm, Vickery is a natural ruckman, but a lack of physical strength and the Tigers lacking a counterpart for Jack Riewoldt, he has been successfully thrown down forward this season.

The excitement that a young side can provide for its fans is invaluable. I know it all too well – as a Tigers fan, there’s nothing that gets me more excited than seeing the likes of Cotchin, Deledio, Martin and Riewoldt link up to score a goal that puts Richmond in front late in the […]

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I am not saying that we can or should stop it happening...I understand modern business and am all for player movement now, as it is inevitable with free trade coming next year....but I just thought it was very refreshing and still satisfying to see players stick with their club who are obviously struggling. Thanks for reading guys and the discussion/comments have been great.

Yeah it really is taking off Spoon, the league has had some great exposure in The Age and SEN this week. It's not that people don't like the sport, it's just that people aren't unaware there is actually an Australian league !